"دنیا" meaning in Urdu

See دنیا in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /d̪ʊn.jɑː/ [Standard, Urdu], /d̪ʊ.nɪ.jɑː/ [Standard, Urdu] Audio: LL-Q1617 (urd)-نعم البدل-دنیا.wav
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian دُنْیا, itself from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā). First attested in c. 1435 as Middle Hindi دنیا (dnya). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ur|fa-cls|دُنْیا}} Borrowed from Classical Persian دُنْیا, {{der|ur|ar|دُنْيَا}} Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā), {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Platts, John T. (<span class="None" lang="und">1884) “دنيا”, in <cite>A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English</cite>, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 529</span></span>}}, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">S. W. Fallon (<span class="None" lang="und">1879) “دنيا”, in <cite>A New Hindustani-English Dictionary</cite>, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.</span></span>}}, {{etydate|c|1435}} First attested in c. 1435, {{inh|ur|hi-mid|دنیا}} Middle Hindi دنیا (dnya), {{ref|<span class="cited-source">“<span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ur">دنیا”, in <cite><i class="Arab ur-Arab mention" lang="ur">اُردُو لُغَت</i> (urdū luġat)</cite> (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017</span></span>.}} Head templates: {{ur-noun|g=f|head=دُنْیا|hi=दुनिया}} دُنْیا • (dunyā) f (Hindi spelling दुनिया) Inflection templates: {{ur-decl-noun|دُنْیا|dunyā|دُنْیائیں|dunyāẽ|دُنْیا|dunyā|دُنْیاؤں|dunyāõ|دُنْیا|dunyā|دُنْیاؤ|dunyāo}} Forms: دُنْیا [canonical], dunyā [romanization], दुनिया [Hindi], no-table-tags [table-tags], دُنْیا [direct, singular], دُنْیائیں [direct, plural], دُنْیا [oblique, singular], دُنْیاؤں [oblique, plural], دُنْیا [singular, vocative], دُنْیاؤ [plural, vocative]
  1. world
    Sense id: en-دنیا-ur-noun-SG6kYiTR
  2. (by extension) universe Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-دنیا-ur-noun-MnpzgNLM
  3. (by extension) Earth Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-دنیا-ur-noun-t8m1zNPj
  4. existence, current life (as opposed to the hereafter)
    Sense id: en-دنیا-ur-noun-uCwRlLNt Categories (other): Urdu nouns with declension Disambiguation of Urdu nouns with declension: 10 10 10 13 13 17 13 15
  5. society, all people, everyone (in this world)
    Sense id: en-دنیا-ur-noun-B3rjZu4r Categories (other): Urdu nouns with declension Disambiguation of Urdu nouns with declension: 10 10 10 13 13 17 13 15
  6. (by extension) worldliness (as opposed to spiritual matters) Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-دنیا-ur-noun-f-BqyjN7 Categories (other): Urdu entries with incorrect language header, Urdu nouns with declension, Urdu terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Urdu entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 4 6 69 10 6 Disambiguation of Urdu nouns with declension: 10 10 10 13 13 17 13 15 Disambiguation of Urdu terms with redundant transliterations: 2 2 2 5 7 65 10 6
  7. kingdom
    Sense id: en-دنیا-ur-noun-YDisTXiT Categories (other): Urdu nouns with declension Disambiguation of Urdu nouns with declension: 10 10 10 13 13 17 13 15
  8. pleasures of life, enjoyment
    Sense id: en-دنیا-ur-noun-wcmuYEkI Categories (other): Urdu nouns with declension Disambiguation of Urdu nouns with declension: 10 10 10 13 13 17 13 15
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "دُنْیا"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Persian دُنْیا",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "دُنْيَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Platts, John T. (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">1884) “دنيا”, in <cite>A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English</cite>, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 529</span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">S. W. Fallon (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">1879) “دنيا”, in <cite>A New Hindustani-English Dictionary</cite>, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.</span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "1435"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in c. 1435",
      "name": "etydate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "hi-mid",
        "3": "دنیا"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Hindi دنیا (dnya)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">“<span class=\"Arab ur-Arab\" lang=\"ur\">دنیا”, in <cite><i class=\"Arab ur-Arab mention\" lang=\"ur\">اُردُو لُغَت</i> (urdū luġat)</cite> (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017</span></span>."
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian دُنْیا, itself from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā). First attested in c. 1435 as Middle Hindi دنیا (dnya).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "دُنْیا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dunyā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दुनिया",
      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ur-noun-ā-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیا",
      "roman": "dunyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیائیں",
      "roman": "dunyāẽ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیا",
      "roman": "dunyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیاؤں",
      "roman": "dunyāõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیا",
      "roman": "dunyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیاؤ",
      "roman": "dunyāo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "head": "دُنْیا",
        "hi": "दुनिया"
      },
      "expansion": "دُنْیا • (dunyā) f (Hindi spelling दुनिया)",
      "name": "ur-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "دُن‧یا"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "دُنْیا",
        "10": "dunyā",
        "11": "دُنْیاؤ",
        "12": "dunyāo",
        "2": "dunyā",
        "3": "دُنْیائیں",
        "4": "dunyāẽ",
        "5": "دُنْیا",
        "6": "dunyā",
        "7": "دُنْیاؤں",
        "8": "dunyāõ",
        "9": "دُنْیا"
      },
      "name": "ur-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Urdu",
  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "world"
      ],
      "id": "en-دنیا-ur-noun-SG6kYiTR",
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "universe"
      ],
      "id": "en-دنیا-ur-noun-MnpzgNLM",
      "links": [
        [
          "universe",
          "universe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) universe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Earth"
      ],
      "id": "en-دنیا-ur-noun-t8m1zNPj",
      "links": [
        [
          "Earth",
          "Earth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Earth"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 10 13 13 17 13 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu nouns with declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "existence, current life (as opposed to the hereafter)"
      ],
      "id": "en-دنیا-ur-noun-uCwRlLNt",
      "links": [
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "hereafter",
          "hereafter#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 10 13 13 17 13 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu nouns with declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "society, all people, everyone (in this world)"
      ],
      "id": "en-دنیا-ur-noun-B3rjZu4r",
      "links": [
        [
          "society",
          "society"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "everyone",
          "everyone"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 2 4 6 69 10 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 10 13 13 17 13 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu nouns with declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 2 5 7 65 10 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "worldliness (as opposed to spiritual matters)"
      ],
      "id": "en-دنیا-ur-noun-f-BqyjN7",
      "links": [
        [
          "worldliness",
          "worldliness"
        ],
        [
          "spiritual",
          "spiritual#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) worldliness (as opposed to spiritual matters)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 10 13 13 17 13 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu nouns with declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kingdom"
      ],
      "id": "en-دنیا-ur-noun-YDisTXiT",
      "links": [
        [
          "kingdom",
          "kingdom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 10 13 13 17 13 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu nouns with declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pleasures of life, enjoyment"
      ],
      "id": "en-دنیا-ur-noun-wcmuYEkI",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "enjoyment",
          "enjoyment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ʊn.jɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ʊ.nɪ.jɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1617 (urd)-نعم البدل-دنیا.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q1617_%28urd%29-%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7.wav/LL-Q1617_%28urd%29-%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q1617_%28urd%29-%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7.wav/LL-Q1617_%28urd%29-%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "دنیا"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Urdu/ɑː",
    "Rhymes:Urdu/ɑː/3 syllables",
    "Urdu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Urdu feminine nouns",
    "Urdu feminine ā-stem nouns",
    "Urdu lemmas",
    "Urdu nouns",
    "Urdu nouns with declension",
    "Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
    "Urdu terms derived from Arabic",
    "Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian",
    "Urdu terms derived from Middle Hindi",
    "Urdu terms inherited from Middle Hindi",
    "Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Urdu terms with redundant transliterations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "دُنْیا"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Persian دُنْیا",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "دُنْيَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Platts, John T. (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">1884) “دنيا”, in <cite>A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English</cite>, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 529</span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">S. W. Fallon (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">1879) “دنيا”, in <cite>A New Hindustani-English Dictionary</cite>, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.</span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "1435"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in c. 1435",
      "name": "etydate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "hi-mid",
        "3": "دنیا"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Hindi دنیا (dnya)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">“<span class=\"Arab ur-Arab\" lang=\"ur\">دنیا”, in <cite><i class=\"Arab ur-Arab mention\" lang=\"ur\">اُردُو لُغَت</i> (urdū luġat)</cite> (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017</span></span>."
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian دُنْیا, itself from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā). First attested in c. 1435 as Middle Hindi دنیا (dnya).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "دُنْیا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dunyā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दुनिया",
      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ur-noun-ā-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیا",
      "roman": "dunyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیائیں",
      "roman": "dunyāẽ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیا",
      "roman": "dunyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیاؤں",
      "roman": "dunyāõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیا",
      "roman": "dunyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دُنْیاؤ",
      "roman": "dunyāo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "head": "دُنْیا",
        "hi": "दुनिया"
      },
      "expansion": "دُنْیا • (dunyā) f (Hindi spelling दुनिया)",
      "name": "ur-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "دُن‧یا"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "دُنْیا",
        "10": "dunyā",
        "11": "دُنْیاؤ",
        "12": "dunyāo",
        "2": "dunyā",
        "3": "دُنْیائیں",
        "4": "dunyāẽ",
        "5": "دُنْیا",
        "6": "dunyā",
        "7": "دُنْیاؤں",
        "8": "dunyāõ",
        "9": "دُنْیا"
      },
      "name": "ur-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Urdu",
  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "world"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "universe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "universe",
          "universe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) universe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Earth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Earth",
          "Earth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Earth"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "existence, current life (as opposed to the hereafter)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "hereafter",
          "hereafter#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "society, all people, everyone (in this world)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "society",
          "society"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "everyone",
          "everyone"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "worldliness (as opposed to spiritual matters)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worldliness",
          "worldliness"
        ],
        [
          "spiritual",
          "spiritual#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) worldliness (as opposed to spiritual matters)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "kingdom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kingdom",
          "kingdom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pleasures of life, enjoyment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "enjoyment",
          "enjoyment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ʊn.jɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ʊ.nɪ.jɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1617 (urd)-نعم البدل-دنیا.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q1617_%28urd%29-%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7.wav/LL-Q1617_%28urd%29-%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q1617_%28urd%29-%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7.wav/LL-Q1617_%28urd%29-%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "دنیا"
}

Download raw JSONL data for دنیا meaning in Urdu (5.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Urdu dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (ee63ee9 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.